Erethimios
Erethimios or Erethimyos ( ancient Greek Έρεθίμιος or Έρεθύμος ) is an epiclesis of the Greek god Apollon , with whom he was worshiped in Rhodes and Lycia .
The cult of Apollon Erethimios on Delos is known through several inscriptions from a temple near Kameiros . One inscription shows that the goddess Artemis was worshiped in the temple next to him , another that the festival of Erethimia ( Έρεθίμια ) was celebrated in his honor . According to Strabo , the office of Robingus of the Roman festival Robigalia , which was celebrated to protect the grain from rust disease, was exercised on Delos by the priests of Apollon Erethimios. Hesychios reports of a cult of Apollon Erethimyos in Lycia , who mentions the festival of Erethymia ( Έρεθύμια ) celebrated there .
Martin Persson Nilsson concludes from an inscription from Delos in which the priests of Apollo Erethimios from 109/108 to 82/81 BC. Are listed on an agon , whose agonothet is said to have been the priest of Apollon Erethimios. These agons were therefore the main component of the cult of Apollon Erethimios in Kameiros.
literature
- Otto Jessen : Erethimios. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 422 ( digitized version ).
